Garment-stay.



M. M. BEEMAN.

GARMENT STAY.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.30, 1908.

1,095,262, Patented May 5, 1914.

WITNESSES INVENTOR wwg UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARCUS M. BEEMAN, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE SPIBELLA COMPANY, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT-STAY.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARCUS M. BEEMAN, a resident of Meadville, in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Garment-Stays, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stays for garments and the like and more particularly to stays for corsets.

The object of the invention is to provide a stay for this purpose which will readily yield edgewise as well as sidewise, which is perfectly elastic, and in which the bending is not concentrated at any point or points so as to avoid crystallization and breakage.

A further object of the invention is to provide a stay of the character named which can be readily and cheaply manufactured.

The invention comprises a stay constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of the bent wire prior to folding; Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the same folded; and Fig. 3 is a cross section of the same.

The stay is formed from wire and in the form illustrated is formed from a single continuous wire 1 which is bent alternately back and forth to form the transverse portions or crossings 2 and closed or loop portions 3, said closed portions 3 lying on the two side edges of the blank so formed and the transverse portions 2 being shown substantially parallel as shown in Fig. 1, although this is not necessary. The stay is completed by bending the blank described longitudinally to fold the same.

In the particular form of stay shown in the drawings the blank described is bent or folded along two longitudinal lines, that is, one quarter of the entire width of the blank, at each edge, is bent or folded over onto the middle portion thereof, as shown Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 30, 1908.

Patented May 5, 1914. Serial No. 465,114.

in Fig. 2. The stay so formed is composed of two series 4 and 5 of loops or scallops, which alternate and which are in substantial abutting relation to each other along the median line of the stay. The eyes or loops consequently mutually brace each other, although the several plies act independently on either edgewise or flatwise fiexure of the stay.

The stay described has its loops lying in two superimposed planes. It is flexible in all directions edgewise as well as sidewise. It yields readily to bending forces applied in any direction and the bending is not confined at any one point, thus avoiding crystallization and breakage. It also is elastic and will not take a permanent set. It can be readily and cheaply manufactured.

What I claim is 1. A garment stay consisting of wire bent back and forth in sinuous form to form 0ppositely disposed loops or eyes and con necting crossings, the opposite edge portions of the stay being folded upon the middle portion thereof to form a plurality of plies, the eyes of the two folded edge portions abutting each other.

2. A garment stay comprising wire bent back and forth to form a series of alternate oppositely disposed loops or eyes and connecting crossings, the edge portions of the stay being folded upon the middle portion thereof to form a plurality of plies, the closed end of each eye or loop lying between and abutting the closed ends of two successive loops or eyes of the other folded edge portion of the stay.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

MARCUS M. BEEMAN.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

